Soldiers in Afghanistan have reported three faults with the army's new SA80-A2 rifles, the Ministry of Defence say. Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon has told troops he would investigate claims the weapon misfires badly, the same problem suffered by the gun it replaced. Armed forces minister Adam Ingram told shadow defence secretary Bernard Jenkin that three formal equipment failure reports had been filed from Afghanistan. He said: "The SA80-A2 is operating in a very difficult environment in Afghanistan with both dusty conditions and extremes of temperature. "In an operational environment any concerns are treated very seriously and a specialist team on...